HI everyone, and Welcome to CCC! I am originally from Montana and started my higher education journey at Montana State University where I got my B.A. in Speech Communication. After a stint as an admissions rep at a small liberal arts school, I was lucky enough to land a job in Japan and worked in a small town called Naganohara which is about 2 hours north of Tokyo by train. Upon my return, I received a teaching assistantship at Idaho State University where I earned my M.A. in Speech Communication with an emphasis in rhetorical criticism, leadership structures, and argumentation/rhetorical theory. I'm a nerd, can't watch TV like a regular person, and love to think about culture.